Phonobase: Ancient discs and cylinders Online

From wax, celluloid, shellac

• Preliminary Thematic Search Guide for Phonobase

In the absence of a comprehensive online thematic list, the following few keywords may offer some research directions, although they are far from covering the full diversity of the database. Feel free to contact us here for any questions or more specific searches.

actualité / alcoolisme (poivrots, pochards, ivresse publique) / amitié franco-russe / anarchiste / ancien régime animaux / anticlerical / argent / banlieue / belle-mère / boniment / coiffeur / colonial / comète de Halley / concierge / cris de Paris / décoration / docteur / église / empire / entente cordiale / exposition / féministe / finance / financiers / fonctionnaire / fortune / gendarme / géographie / grands magasins / gréviste / Guerre de 1914-1918 - Grande Guerre - Première Guerre mondiale / histoire de France / homosexualité / hymne / impôt / lutte sociale / maladie / mariage / médecin / meeting / naissance / nationalisme / neurasthénie / noce / parodie / occitan / patriotisme / pharmacien / pochette de disque / police / politique / préservatif / prostitution / proxénétisme / publicité / radio / TSF / réclame / République / richesse / royaliste / satire / scatologique / Shah / socialisme / syphilis / téléphone / train / ver d'oreille [earworm] / vente aux enchères / voisinage /

The collection also includes some recordings made in Occitan, in Spanish or in Spain, as well as in the following countries, among others: Brazil, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Russia, China, Siam (Thailand), India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and in the Arab world.

• Database Updates

Updates are frequent: new audio files, new photos, etc. The content of these updates is listed on this page.

• A Thesis Introducing Phonobase

Over 800 footnotes from Henri Chamoux's thesis The Diffusion of Sound Recording in France during the Belle Époque (1893-1914) refer to Phonobase entries, providing a lively exploration into its various repertoires.

Database: Henri Chamoux

Programming: Hexadelusional

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